Meet a petrologist video
Watch Marli, a mineral resources petrologist (who studies rocks) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
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Rocks, Human and physical geography
Find out what Marli does in her job analysing rocks at the British Geographical Survey. Discover what she enjoyed at school and what skills she uses. Pupils then discuss whether or not they’d like to do the same role in the future and identify the skills they’d need to develop, to be successful in the role. Use this presentation alongside the ‘About me’ section from the job role card.
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Meet a petrologist job card
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about rocks to the real-world, with this job-role card.
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